Printers & The Geeks Who Love Them   A new kit for 3D printers allows users to turn almost anything into an unmanned aerial vehicle. The Drone-it-Yourself kit was developed by Jasper van Loenen, an independent designer working in interactive art, and aside from a central control unit, the entire project can be recreated using ...

They Want Some of That Buyout Money   Days after the announcement that it was set to be Yahoo’s latest acquisition, a lawsuit against the video slideshow app Qwiki has come light. The New York based startup’s pending lawsuit could complicate the deal. At issue is the alleged non-payment for design work on their iOS ...

San & The Disquettes   SanDisk, the company best known for its portable USB storage devices, just increased its enterprise footprint with the acquisition of solid state memory developer, Smart Storage Systems. According to the announcement, SanDisk will pay $307 Million for the company, plus certain equity-based incentive awards. The deal has already been approved ...

Updated with full video – see below. Welcome to NewsDesk on SiliconANGLE TV for Wednesday July 3, 2013. Virtualization has caused a big wave of change to IT over the last decade. As cloud and the software-defined data center continue to be a hot topic, we are joined by Wikibon Senior Analyst Stu Minnaman to share what ...

Zynga’s New Chief   In a major effort to keep the company from going under, yesterday, Zynga announced the hiring of former president of Microsoft Interactive, Don Mattrick as the company’s new CEO. Current CEO and founder Mark Pincus spoke about on the topic, “If I could find someone who could do a better job ...

Updated with full video – see below. Welcome to NewsDesk on SiliconANGLE TV for Tuesday July 2, 2013. Wikibon Principal Research Contributor Jeff Kelly has had a busy two months on the road with The Cube covering SAP Sapphire, HP Discover, GE Industrial Internet, MongoNYC and Hadoop Summit among others. This morning he catches up with us ...

Your ZTE is Open   The world’s first Firefox OS phone, the ZTE Open, will launch tomorrow, and be available for less than a hundred dollars. The announcement came in the form of a tweet from Spanish wireless carrier Telefonica, who will be the carrying the phone. Firefox OS smartphones are said to be the ...

Updated with full video – see below. Welcome to NewsDesk on SiliconANGLE TV for Monday July 1, 2013. The smartwatch race has begun but who will be the first to reach the finish line? And will finishing first guarantee the public’s support? Joining us now to provide his breaking analysis on the smartwatch games is SiliconANGLE Contributing ...

English Anti-Piracy Efforts   After a month of UK police threatening torrent sites, today the British government announced the creation of a brand new unit dedicated to cracking down on intellectual property offenses. The Intellectual Property Crime Unit will be funded with 2.5 million in public funds and is set to launch in September. Their ...

Recon Jets In Your Eyes   Even though Google Glass is still in development, a new company might beat Google to market with their own robust version of a wearable computer. Vancouver-based Recon Instruments made their first heads-up display for skiers in 2010, and their new model, the Recon Jet is designed to be even ...